Beginner Fitness: Daily Simple Questions Thread - August 19, 2020 |
- Daily Simple Questions Thread - August 19, 2020
- What does it feel like ?
- Does anyone have experience with Dumbbell Power Hooks? They allow you to rack dumbbells on to a barbell for an easier liftoff.
- Rant Wednesday
- I can't workout on an empty stomach.
- Looking for a good/decent weighted vest off Amazon, any recommendations?
- What is the evidence behind fuelling a workout/run?
- Question about dumbbell press variations.
- Is bmi really accurate?
- Lifting + keto
- how to make muscles 'harder'?
- Should I take another day off?
- Fat stored lower back
- Broke my Hand, don't wanna lose my muscles.
- Doing concentration curls until failure?
- Getting fit for cave diving
- Progressive overload and calorie surplus when slow bulking
- Why is it so hard to exercise alone?
- Warmup needed?
| Daily Simple Questions Thread - August 19, 2020 Posted: 19 Aug 2020 03:04 AM PDT Welcome to the /r/Fitness Daily Simple Questions Thread - Our daily thread to ask about all things fitness. Post your questions here related to your diet and nutrition or your training routine and exercises. Anyone can post a question and the community as a whole is invited and encouraged to provide an answer. As always, be sure to read the wiki first. Like, all of it.Also, there's a handy-dandy search bar to your right, and if you didn't know, you can also use Google to search fittit by using the limiter "site:reddit.com/r/fitness" after your search topic. Other good resources to search are Exrx.net for exercise-related topics and Examine.com for nutrition and supplement science. Be aware that the more relevant information you add, the more relevant the answers you receive will be. And if you are posting about your routine, please make sure you follow the guidelines. (Please note: This is not a place for general small talk or chit-chat. Also, the community decided long ago that we keep jokes, trolling, and memes outside of the Daily Q&A threads. Please use the downvote / report button when necessary.) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Aug 2020 02:08 AM PDT I'm 35m, borderline overweight, low muscle mass. Usually tired and miserable. I'd like to change, become strong and healthy but I can't seem to find the motivation. Can somebody give me an honest description of what it feels like to be fit? Is it really as good as people make out? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Aug 2020 01:15 PM PDT I would like to get a pair and I'm wondering if anyone can offer some advice on them based on personal experiences or perhaps a good brand to look for. Any help would be appreciated. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Aug 2020 03:04 AM PDT Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It's your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out! There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that's been pissing you off or getting on your nerves! [link] [comments] |
| I can't workout on an empty stomach. Posted: 19 Aug 2020 04:41 AM PDT I'm very new to my workout journey, I don't know a lot of things so naturally I started to research and found out you somehow "lose more weight if you workout on an empty stomach" or "it's better if you wait a couple of hours after a big meal." The thing is... I CANNOT do even the most simple things, I lose my breath quickly if I don't eat a proper meal. And no, snacks did not work as well. I can't finish my workouts and have to take very long breaks. I tried everything I could think of but my body won't survive the whole workout when I'm not full. I feel lightheaded and shaky. (Btw I do simple cardio for now so it's not even that intense but as I said I'm new to working out.) Some people suggested coffee but I'm allergic. Any more advice? Or should I just do what I'm comfortable with? [link] [comments] |
| Looking for a good/decent weighted vest off Amazon, any recommendations? Posted: 19 Aug 2020 05:00 AM PDT I recently got into running/walking and want to up my game up with weighted vests. Wondering if anyone has gotten a cheapo weighted vest off amazon before and if they could recommend one for me. I want to be budgetary here if possible, since it'll only be used once or twice a week. Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| What is the evidence behind fuelling a workout/run? Posted: 19 Aug 2020 04:52 AM PDT Off to work so I admit I'm a bit lazy to do a full lit search right now on the topic. Anecdotally, I have had great lifts and runs both fasted, with having eating a big meal beforehand and a small meal. I ate a big slice of carrot cake before my run two days ago, and completed a 9 mile run, no problem. I used to think I'd need to eat a ton of carbs 3-4 hours before a soccer game but it seems like my performance doesn't change to much regardless of the food I take in prior. Got me thinking: are there any studies that have actually measured performance with respect to the type and quantity of food eaten beforehand? [link] [comments] |
| Question about dumbbell press variations. Posted: 18 Aug 2020 09:06 PM PDT I am working out my back and shoulders for hypertrophy one day and then 2 days later I work out biceps, triceps, and chest for hypertrophy. Shoulder day involves three whole exercises for 3 sets each, for the anterior, middle, and rear deltoid muscles. Two days later (after a leg day), I work on my chest, along with arms. I have to do a dumbbell bench press, but here's where the question lies. With such shoulder work, would it be a good idea for me to do dumbbell bench presses with a standard grip or a hammer grip? I hear standard grip (hands on a bench press orientation) places stress on the shoulders as well as the chest, while the hammer grip better isolates the chest. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Aug 2020 04:35 AM PDT Hi, I'm a teenager boy that recently (4-5 months) started crossfit. I can clearly see visual difference, but I weigh more. I checked my bmi and it says that I'm just a bit over the health bmi. I'm 172-ish cm and 71-ish kg. Is it accurate? Should I try dieting more intensley or is it okay? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Aug 2020 04:10 AM PDT 26 m I'm 6'8 weight is 287-292. 2 months ago my mom convinced me to try the keto diet and I've actually lost 27lbs thanks to it, well about a month ago I wanted to go lift to maybe speed up the weight loss process. To make a long story short after a week or so I had gained a 1.5 lbs. no change to the diet same amount of cardio same day to day life the only thing to change was going to the gym. So my question would be what sort of lifting or anything can I do to lose weight? I know that's a broad question but I want to be back at the gym but I also want to get down to the 270 range. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Aug 2020 02:46 AM PDT My muscles are a pretty decent size, but even when I flex they're still a bit less firm than I'd like. How should I exercise to make them denser/harder? [link] [comments] |
| Should I take another day off? Posted: 19 Aug 2020 02:24 AM PDT Asking if I should take another day off from lifting. Backstory: lifted insanely in h.s. had gym class where I would strictly do legs then go to gym and do upper. Anyways, here we are, I am not sure how to tackle this. Been doing cardio like crazy and lifting what I can. I guess what I am asking is, that can i take an extra day off if I'm feeling too sore? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Aug 2020 01:52 AM PDT Hi i hope you are all doing great, I'm 27, i've been skinny all my life (59Kg/176cm for the last couple of years). I decided to start hitting the gym lately and build some mass. it's been about a month now and i've gained 3kg. No big changes untill now except for a small detail that keeps bugging me which is this low back fat (i think it's fat, i'm not sure, here are 2 pictures pictures). I've been paying attention to my nutrition plan (not that hard, never been a huge fan of anything sweet or rich in oil, that's why i was always skinny, in fact i've been forcing myself to eat to gain 3Kg, now it seems easier), and i've been paying attention to my macros (more or less 30g a day, not being really hard on myself). I read that i needed to maintain a caloric deficit, which really goes against what i'm trying to do here. Any suggestions ? Thanks a lot ! [link] [comments] |
| Broke my Hand, don't wanna lose my muscles. Posted: 19 Aug 2020 01:24 AM PDT So I did some research and I found out that if I trained one of my hand which isn't in a cast then the hand which is in a cast would keep up with the progress of the hand which isn't in a cast. Anyone know if this is true? Edit : I meant, could I preserve the muscles on my hand which has the cast, so I wouldnt lose strenght. [link] [comments] |
| Doing concentration curls until failure? Posted: 19 Aug 2020 01:17 AM PDT My question about concentration curls is, is it a good idea to them until failure? What happens if I do more reps on one arm than the other? Do I just do make-up reps? Or perhaps perform the same amount of reps on the stronger arm and last time until the amount of reps my other arm can do the same amount of reps? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Aug 2020 11:52 PM PDT So my life has been a crazy journey. I'm 31 - horrendous substance addict from around 20. Getting on top of it from 25 and at 31 I've been clean for 2 years until recently. I dived on and off from 25. Loved it. Once I got betterI moved in technical diving then cave diving. I started out diving fully flooded sumps - so the exit is in the light to diving mines and recently short sumps. So dry cave treks with short flooded sumps and sheer brute force and ignorance minimal dive gear. I had a scare three weeks ago and it hammered my confidence. I moved through 500m of dry cave. It was hard work, lots of crawling and a 25kg pack. Dived one sump. Got to sump 2 and I bottled it because I was absolutely knackered. I have good control of my mind in the water - I was on the verge of panic I was so tired. I had to keep it together to move through 100m of flooded passage. It took everything I'd learned to stay somewhat calm. I relapsed on opiates for 2 days and then composed myself. Most of this came from very poor cardiovascular fitness, with the exertion causing a fight or flight response. I'm stopping smoking today. I need to get better at carrying 20-40kg loads. Bought a Whoop! strap. Amazing piece of kit! Well worth £25 a month. I follow that to a tee. I wanna run this by you. My main issue is carrying a heavy load through awkward terrain. For the past 3 weeks now I'm rucking 20kg bag 5 out of 7 days up a horrible hill in the woods. I jog back down. I try to keep between 70-80% max heart rate. I increase the amount a little every time. I am using a mixture of bodyweight and kettlebell circuits and maintaining a heart rate of 60-80% max for 30mins. I normally finish off with 3 sets of kettlebell swings and working on my back using scapular pulls and other exercises. My pull up reps suck... I max out at 4.... I do this every other day. On my rest days, I'm often still rucking just a little less weight or distance. I still do 20mins of yoga and 20 mins of static stretching - is that still resting? Prior to this, I was severely depressed. My sex drive had all but disappeared. I slept 4-5hrs a night. I was angry and bitter at having to live with an addicts brain. I am seeing unbelievable improvements. I thought I'd burn out but ol' Jocko helps me to push through those days and I'm good the next one. Diet has always been great but I'm tailoring it to my current situation, so high protein, some fat and low carbs to burn off some body fat. I've always been an obsessive so I'm on point about form and research. Stop when something hurts more than it should. I'm careful to warm up and stretch. I've had bad tendon issues before from rock climbing which was a good lesson learned. I'm finding it incredibly tough. I wasn't the picture of health prior to this. Is there anything you can think of that I'm doing wrong? Is there anything I can do better? I want to be an example to my teammates in cave diving. [link] [comments] |
| Progressive overload and calorie surplus when slow bulking Posted: 18 Aug 2020 11:38 PM PDT Hey everyone, Over the last 3 months, I cut down from 83 kg (183 lbs) down to 75 kg (165 lbs). I tracked my caloric intake over the whole process with decent accuracy (Unfortunately I did mistakes with body fat measurement) and can interpolate my weight with certain intake from 1800 - 2800 kcal. With this, I now plan to slow bulk my way up to my way up to 85 kg (187 lbs). I will adapt my caloric surplus to 100-200 kcal and plan to gain about 1 kg of (hopefully) lean muscle mass per month. Additonally, I will do an independent (professional) body fat measurement at the start (now), at 80 kg and 85 kg (if I reach that far). However, some questions popped to my mind when reading about slow bulking: How do you progressively overload when you gain "only" 1 kg of muscle mass? Do you increase reps (up to 12) or do reps with different weights? When do you adapt your calorie intake to be constantly a surplus of 100-200 kcal since your body weight stagnates at a constant value after some time? I dearly hope this does not get removed... Thanks for any help! [link] [comments] |
| Why is it so hard to exercise alone? Posted: 18 Aug 2020 11:27 PM PDT Tbh I'm just a semi social introvert but I can't do physical activity without friends. Sports are just so boring and depressing when you have to do it alone and I can't get the motivation to lift without friends coming over. How can I get over this? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Aug 2020 12:07 AM PDT Was wondering if my 1st exercise, for example, are barbell squats, 4 sets, reps to failure, do I need to start with lighter weights to warm up or should I start with the heaviest I can? If I should start with lighter weights then does that apply also to 2nd, 3rd, ... exercises? Btw before the exercises, I'm doing a 5 min jog to warm up. [link] [comments] |
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